New Civil Service Course in HK on Mainland Systems to Be Launched

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New Civil Service Course in HK on Mainland Systems to Be Launched

The Hong Kong government said Monday that it will strengthen its civil service training courses to enable civil servants to acquaint themselves with various aspects of the Chinese mainland.

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The Hong Kong government said Monday that it will strengthen its civil service training courses to enable civil servants to acquaint themselves with various aspects of the Chinese mainland.

Starting from next year, the Civil Service Bureau will be offering a new Beijing University National Studies program for senior civil servants, said a document issued by the bureau.

"This two-week program will be similar to the Tsinghua course which provides participants with a general introduction to the mainland's systems. Two such courses will be organized each year,"it said.

Speaking at the Hong Kong Legislative Council's public service panel meeting Monday to discuss the National Studies programs, Permanent Secretary for the Civil Service Rebecca Lai said that the Civil Service Bureau of the Hong Kong government will closely monitor the quality of such courses to ensure that the students will truly benefit from attending them.

"For us, we feel the training we offer is a tool. We hope that our colleagues who have taken part can gain something, and such things should be those in accordance with the targets and goals wehave set..., particularly as our colleagues have taken time out for such courses," she said.

The document also said the Civil Service Bureau will also organize more theme-based seminars to keep our civil servants in touch with the latest developments on the mainland.

"It is important to keep our civil servants abreast of contemporary developments in the mainland and to sustain our efforts in building up closer ties between Hong Kong's civil servants and their mainland counterparts.

"We will endeavor to make our National Studies programs more robust in the years to come," it said.

The main objectives of organizing the National Studies programsare to enable the civil servants in Hong Kong at various levels to acquire knowledge about the developments on the mainland, with particular reference to its political, social, economic and legal systems, and to equip them with the skills required for effective interaction with mainland officials, the document said.

Existing programs include familiarization visits, National Studies course at Tsinghua University and the Advanced National Studies course at the National School of Administration in Beijing,it said.

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